French Victorian Mirror
Antique 1830s French Victorian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1870s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1880s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Gesso
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1860s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length ...
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Antique Early 19th Century French Early Victorian Center Tables
Steel
Antique 1890s French Victorian Cabinets
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century French Victorian Cupboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Victorian Cabinets
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Brass, Steel
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique 1860s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 1860s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 1870s French Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1880s French Baroque Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 1880s French Late Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1880s French Victorian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gesso
Antique 1880s British Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique 1870s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Paint
Antique 1880s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1870s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 1870s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 1880s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1860s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Gesso
Antique 1870s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1890s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1860s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Lengt...
Metal
Antique 1870s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1880s French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
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Finding the Right Mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023Victorian mirrors looked ornate and opulent. Created during the reign of Queen Victoria, Victorian mirrors were typically framed in heavily carved oak, mahogany or walnut. All of the era’s furniture was especially decorative, and so the wood used to frame mirrors was frequently painted or gilded. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Victorian mirrors.